Joe Biden brought to tears after meeting priest who performed last rites for his son Beau| Crowds turned out for the US president on the last day of his four day trip to the island of Ireland

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  1. Context: Joe Biden’s son Beau Biden passed away in 2015 when Biden was Vice President. It was a result of brain cancer which is possibly linked to military toxic burn pits from his sons time in the military. Kosovo even named a highway after Biden’s son called Beau Biden Highway as he spent a lot of time there in late 1990s.

    President Biden always used to say his son would run for president one day and the reason Biden did not run in 2016 was the toll the death of his son took on him.

    This article covers it well: [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/how-did-beau-biden-die-cancer-b2277865.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/how-did-beau-biden-die-cancer-b2277865.html)

    *Beau Biden was 3 years old when his mother was killed in the crash that also took the life of his little sister. Beau and his brother Hunter, then 2 years old, were also in the car. Their father was sworn in at their hospital beds.*

    *During his 2012 speech at the Democratic National Convention, where he moved his father to tears while nominating him for vice president, Beau Biden said: “One of my earliest memories was being in that hospital, Dad always at our side. … He decided not to take the oath of office. He said, ‘Delaware can get another senator, but my boys can’t get another father.’ However, great men like Ted Kennedy, Mike Mansfield, Hubert Humphrey — men who had been tested themselves — convinced him to serve. So he was sworn in, in the hospital, at my bedside*

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    *During an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe in the lead up to 2020 elections, then-candidate Biden said that “Beau should be the one running for president, not me.”*

    *Mr Biden recalled Beau’s support on previous campaign trails, when his son told him: “Look at me, dad. Remember: home base. Just remember who you are.”*

    *“He’d grab me by the lapel,” Mr Biden said. “He still grabs me by the lapel.”*

    *Mr Biden said: “Every morning I get up, Joe, not a joke, I think to myself, ‘Is he proud of me?’ Because he’s the one who wanted me to stay engaged … He walks with me. I know that sounds to some people kind of silly, but he really, honest to God, does. I know he’s in me.”*

  2. Don’t remember a US president shedding a tear for the million people dead in Iraq due to the illegal invasion. Maybe next one

  7. That’s tough to go through that. I knew about his first wife and daughter as well.

    Terrible to suffer all those mournings. Regardless of politics I can only empathize with Mr. Biden.

  9. From what I read, Beau wasn’t like the other son that videotaped himself smoking crack and having sex with girls of a questionable age. Beau was a pretty decent guy and didn’t do that type of stuff. So this much have hit pretty hard for Joe Biden when he passed away and all that’s left is the shitty son.

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